it was done to put pressure on president obama to hurt him for reelection in. if ms. ryan would have been into -- death rya -- if mitt roy would have been reelected-- they just want to get this done of course, house speaker, john boehner does not have the votes. and how could they possibly get an agreement on this. >> that is also not happening either. >> the answer and the question is that whether or not john boehner will support it or let it go to the floor. >> pam: michael yaki, you can understand my frustration and perhaps others. we will speak more about this with michael yaki at 6:00 p.m.if you'd like to connect with michael - you can follow him on twitter - his handle is "at-yaki-blog." president barack obama announced friday he's nominated massachusetts senator john kerry to be the next secretary of state. kerry will need to be confirmed by the senate. and if confirmed, he'll replace hillary clinton who is stepping down in january. u-n ambassador susan rice was on the list to be nominated---but took herself off it, saying it is a "lengthy, disruptive, and cost